Greece and the other 18 eurozone countries have in recent weeks a poker game played in the negotiations on Greek debt. Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis played either bluffing or he underestimated how bad his country financially stood for.
It looked like a situation where two cars hard ride off on each other to see who first gives a tug on the steering wheel to save himself, told Eurogroup Chairman and Finance Minister Jeroen Dijsselbloem (PvdA) Thursday in TV shows The World Keeps Turning .
Debt Mountain
According to the minister, the new Greek government came soon after taking office behind how bad the country is financially actually stood for. “There was just no money in the bank, so they needed help. They wanted no more loans because they had too much there, but they get an average of 32 years to repay the loans. I guess they did not know exactly how bad the Greek government there was, and how much their debt mountain was already flat ironed. “
Dijsselbloem also went briefly to the first joint press conference with Varoufakis. Eurogroup chairman would give him afterwards have admitted bites that with his latest comments, the troika – the European Central Bank, the International Monetary Fund and the European Commission – had turned the neck
Nonsense
” I told him that it was not convenient. He pulled forward to the institutions, what nonsense I think because they work for politicians. So to diss those settings, you, skip to know us, “says Dijsselbloem.
In the deal was clinched last week, it was agreed that the Greeks can count on four months of additional financial support. To that end they remain reform. The utilities include Greece until now 240 billion.
The Central Bureau of Statistics calculated that Netherlands has borrowed the southern European country totaling 11.9 billion euros, or 700 euros per Dutch . The House has by now approved the agreement reached, the Greek crisis – for now -. Has solved
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